This country is nothing if not amazing. What an election!
Yet again, a peaceful r/evolution from one group to another. As we write the outgoing administration works together with the new for the transition to go smoothly.
I have always been non-partisan. I do not follow completely any party's platform, I vote for the people and programs that I believe will do what needs to be done. And, now, I am ecstatic about the possibilities for the future.
It will be a long hard road to get this country economically and otherwise stable again but, with an attitude change away from the philosophy of fear, I think great things are possible.
But then, I believe in manifestation. And I believe the future of the U.S.A., as well as that of the world, depends on the participation of all of us.
The transition team has put up a website where you can learn more about President-Elect Obama and Vice-President Elect Biden, and about their proposed agenda. But more intriguingly, they ask for your vision and opinions to help shape the future. This site promotes open government through both transparency and participation.
I want to share here the experience of someone who was at Grant Park in Chicago as the beginning of this monumental change was confirmed:
I was there to share History. Obama is now, my President - too!
I don't know why, but I feel spirited for some reason - may be, because I am always known to find the hidden gems in moments.. no matter
how distraught time seems, at the time.
It was an amazing experience to stand in the midst of 250,000 people all chanting: 'yes we can"...and filled with hope.. my husband Chris and I in our beloved
Chicago - surrounded by this ocean of love, hope and joy....emanating from fellow humans..
I must say - i was moved to tears too....... and I am not, ; I stand corrected - I WAS not an Obama supporter till last night!
Crowds, row upon row of an elated people....bonded in some magical, invisible yet powerful joy and hope filled way .
Young and old, men and women, dressed up and dressed down - with flags, badges, slogan covered shirts - clutching that palpable air of elation and joy, eyes misty, yet mouths wreathed in smiles....striding purposefully yet politely towards giant jumbo trons that beamed the heralding a new era in global politics.
They waited. Patiently .
It was not a sports arena.
It was not a rock concert.
It was not the winner of a big lottery to be announced over national television.
It was just a balmy night in Grant Park, Chicago.
Yet they waited. Calmly, patiently. With bated breath.
Waited to hear what one man had to say, as he took a mantle , before he took a title, a title conferred to him,
of the people, by the people, for the people - a grand finale to events that culminated a glowing autumn day.
It may be sentimental to say that their eyes were bright as well, but of all the subtle corrosives that broke down the old order and gave rise to the new America,
surely none is as important as the spread of confidence and hope that filled the air around, to an extent unprecedented and as yet unmatched in modern American political history.
People tire of government, tire of endless debates, tire of wars, tire of poverty and above all tire of indifference and apathy from their chosen leaders. Having a democracy that is yet controlled and promoted and sustained by the powers that be, of big corporate interests, or to be held captive by corrupt politicians - to continue only as a 2 party system. Having to live with one of two pre determined leaders, being forced to vote for one of two 'nominated' candidates is bound to be the demise of the enthusiastic voter.....
We know all these things to be true--and yet there, in Grant Park, Chicago, last night, Nov 4th, 2008, I saw a counter case. People had shifted. Energies moved.
A demographic Himalaya suddenly rising on my mental atlas.
It was if someone demonstrated to me in a lab that flame didn't necessarily need oxygen, or that water could freeze at 60 degrees.
It demanded of me, a new chemistry to explain it, a whole new science.... to understand this new brave American Spirit!!
America is indeed still filled with hope and love... people like each of you who so tirelessly work so that you can share your life's passion for life ..is the direct opposite of a global market. It is the essence of an enterprise, so exquisitely local--it demands democracy, literacy, participation, a true cooperation...of its people on a scale that is unprecedented before.
This is a land where the mantle of leadership has passed gently without blood shed from one leader to another... a non relative... over and over again....for 200 years that is karma that cannot be pushed away. That is priceless.
Like Ron Paul, my political star said today : "And, most of all, we have awokened within ourselves a spirit of freedom and independence that cannot be suppressed by any ruler, army, or philosophy of subservience and fear. Yet we must not reflect long. We must press our efforts and lay the groundwork for the future of our movement and our country. ...let the revolution begin. "
I say to you all:
Support Obama.
Not his party, not his politics, not his rhetoric.
But the man. The man who is now your president. The vision he espoused yesterday as your president.
President of the American people. Question his politics, question his policies, seek clarity when you are confused by his party ideas, or him.
Challenge him when you think he is wrong.
Seek and enforce that he rely NOT on color or race or status BUT ON integrity in his decision's for America and Americans.
Demand truth, justice and equality.
But for now, at this moment of a triumph for a nation, for a people who for so long -only dreamed of this day, that a day like this would come to pass in their lifetimes....
- set aside pettiness, strife and insecurities.
This is a colossal moment in History, and you have a leader. Help him be a real leader.
He is no demigod. But a man. A human like you and like me. Human with fragilities, a human who needs both questioning and support.
Your support to help him take the correct decisions and lead this nation along the right path, always.
Don't forget that nation's have destinies that are greater than individuals...
This is OUR LAND.., This is OUR EARTH . .. this is OUR MOTHER.. giver of our Life to live, cherish and protect and that WILL Prevail.... against all odds.
Let America be the one that brings that beacon of hope again!
Yes We Can!
Blessings, love and light.
A'isha Be
Aisha Bauer from www.eSutras.com
